In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.
On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.
In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.
In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.
In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.
"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi
Ram Krishnaswamy
Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

14072 - Aadhaar Articles dated 12th March 2018



The many pitfalls of Aadhaar
The Hindu BusinessLine
Apart from the National Population Register (NPR), there are two ways of enrolling for an Aadhaar number from the UIDAI directly: one, using a proof ...


PAN-Aadhaar linking: Here's why your PAN card will be useless if not linked with Aadhaar before ...
Business Today
However, your PAN card could be of no use if you fail to follow the Supreme Court's 2018 order, which makes it mandatory to link Aadhaar with PAN ...


Delji HC seeks Ayush ministry's reply on plea against decision on Aadhaar-based attendance in ...
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Ministry of Ayush on a plea challenging its decision to install Aadhaar-based ...


Retail payments through Aadhaar-linked BHIM mobile app see declining trend
Business Standard
Retail payments through the Aadhaar-linked Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) mobile app are declining more than two years after the government ...

Thane: Over 300 Aadhaar cards found in dumping ground
The Indian Express
Nizampura police seized the Aadhaar cards, bearing addresses of nearby areas in Nizampura and Bhiwandi, and were investigating if those were ...

What will happen to your Aadhaar data after your death?
MENAFN.COM
As of now, there is no such option to update a user's death in the Aadhaar database. Also, there is no provision, whatsoever, to cancel or surrender ...


Here's Proof Of How The Modi Govt. Faked Data To Boost Digital India
HuffPost India
NEW DELHI — Desperate to show progress in the poorly defined, but much-ballyhooed #DigitalIndia initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ...

Governance redefined: Govt by ordinance
Mumbai Mirror
On March 3, the President signed an ordinance on UID, nominally identified as the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, seeking to recover lost ground on the ...

3 held for duping banks of ₹10 crore using KYC info
The Hindu
The gang, which was active in Delhi NCR, had illegally obtained KYC (Know Your Customer) information like Aadhaar and PAN card details of several ...

'Plot bigger than Baahubali': Naidu alleges BJP-TRS-YSRCP nexus in data theft raids
The News Minute
Alleging that the TDP was collecting personal data of individuals like Aadhaar, caste, voting preference in their official mobile application -Sevamitra- ...

Purse snatched in Sector 37
The Tribune
The purse that was snatched contained around Rs 20,000, a silver ring, a mobile phone and documents, including an Aadhaar card and a driving ...

Even Under Attack, India's Democratic Institutions Are Pushing Back
The Wire
Workers hold banners with details of delayed wage payments under MGNREGA, most caused due to Aadhaar errors, in Lohardaga, Jharkhand.

Jharkhand film policy a big draw for directors from Bengal
Times of India
While Goutam Ghose shot his Hindi feature, Rahgir, last year, Suman Ghosh made his first Hindi film, Aadhaar, in the backdrop of the state a few ...


UIDAI's new eKYC charges a double whammy for cos using eSign
ETtech.com
It could be pointed out that the entire Aadhaar India Stack platform was conceived as a free-to-use beneficiary platform for companies and customers.

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4800 gelatin sticks, 5000 detonators seized in Bokaro
Times of India
Police also found a Pan card, an Aadhaar card and seven ATMs of different banks in Prasad's possession. “A thorough inquiry is being conducted to ...


What is new this polls: Candidate photo on EVMs, VVPATs, GPS tracking and more
Hindustan Times
... card, pension document, identity cards issued to elected representatives and Aadhaar card. All these documents must have photograph of the voter.



'Bankers help crooks open accounts'
Times of India
Raghuvir added, “Most of the accounts are opened with fake Aadhaar cards and other KYC documents in remote districts in the North East or Kashmir.


Buying a house on a subvention scheme? Tread with caution
Economic Times
This is an incentive offered to buyers instead of giving an upfront discount on the going rate,” says D.S. Tripathi, MD and CEO, Aadhaar Housing ...

Election Commission To Announce Lok Sabha Poll Schedule At 5 pm On March 10
BloombergQuint
Also read: Move Election Commission On Linking Of Voter ID Cards With Aadhaar, Supreme Court Tells Petitioner ...


Telangana and AP weed out 12 lakh fake ration cards in 4 years
Times of India
... fraudulent, duplicate, ineligible, migrated and dead beneficiaries during the process of digitisation, de-duplication, and Aadhaar card seeding.”.


'Bangladeshi migrant' says he is Indian, moves Madras high court
Times of India
Based on information that they were staying in India for more than 10 years and had obtained Aadhaar and PAN cards using forged documents, ...


Why the hacked BJP site still not up again
The Siasat Daily
French security researcher who goes by the name of Elliot Alderson and who published Aadhaar data leaks in the past, also tweeted: “The official ...


Delhi's homeless prefer cold nights on the streets to government shelters
ThePrint
... where they are for a host of reasons: Some have been turned away from shelters for want of an Aadhaarcard, while others fear the jostle for space.


AP Data Breach Can Be Proved, Says Gokaram Native
Sakshi Post
... arose when he called 1100 regarding an issue related to his industry but was instead asked for details such as Aadhaar number and address. Thus ...



Micromax, Jio bag Rs 1500 cr order from Chhattisgarh govt
Winslow Record
The authentication of the beneficiary is done using Aadhaar," he said. Jain said the project covered a large part of the population and the company ...



Global Fingerprint Module Market by 2023 Developments, Major Drivers, Trends, Challenges
The Hampton Daily
June 2018: NEXT Biometrics received key hardware certification for India's Aadhaar Government ID Program. The certification enables NEXT to ...
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